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07 August 2016

Our New World - Chapter 2 Part 13

What a LONG CHAPTER…..

Author:

Yukkuri Oniisan

A bit of warning from the author: WARNING! HORRIBLE GRAMMAR IMMINENT!

Chapter 2: The Heaven Lords in the
New World

Part 13: Faustian Bargain

The
clatter of the carriage came to a stop, as they arrived at their destination,
Tinirese Village. Even though they should have arrived later, the carriage that
she rode was dashing through the bumping roads. This was because Sefi still
needs to receive a proper medical attention. Lung damage is something beyond a
lowly heal spell that Florea use, after all.

Maya
thought that the carriage speed was rather unusually fast, but it was because
she didn’t realize that a certain someone had enchanted “Weight Reduction” on
the carriage, “Increase Endurance” on the axle, and doped the Hirmas (cud-horses)
with Stimulants. This enabling the carriage to cover more than 50 km of an uneven
dirt road in less than one and half hour. The remainder carriage will arrive
normally later, though.

Maya
looked outside the covered carriage and saw the golden-green field of the soon
to be harvested Shunmi (mille-wheat) that surrounded Tinirese Village. However…
Shouldn’t the bandits torched and ransacked almost entire field this morning? Maya
was really confused.

When
they finally reached the village’s entrance, the carriage brought them to stop.
Maya followed Florea who exited the carriage while Zira watched over Sefi and the
rest of the girls was still sleeping due to their fatigued mind and body.

When
she exited, Maya spotted another strange ‘thing’ on the northeast field from
the village. It was a large long oblong shaped with white and blue pattern on
it stood in the middle of the field. Several large tents and men could be seen at
its surrounding. The pattern on the ‘thing’ matched the pattern on the tent and
on the flag and banner surrounding the camp that fluttered by the wind.

Flagge der Einheit (团结的旗帜)

“Th-this is……” (Maya)

When
Maya saw the pattern of the flag, she was doubting her own eyes.

The
flag had a blue base and it depicted a united ring made of three circles inside
a star that was made by a union of two squares. Of course, Maya immediately recognized
that symbol. After all, that symbol was mentioned in numerous time in books
about Recorded History and was famous as the symbol of dreams and illusiveness.

The
symbol of the mysterious country, 『The Nameless
State(Chemkla)』.

The
illustrious country that brings ruin to anyone dares to knock on her walls. The
enigmatic country that no one outside it had even peered it thick fog to see
what lies behind the wall. The recluse country that had never contacted any of
their neighbors as far as people remember. What are they doing here?

Just
when Maya was lost in her thoughts, Florea and the Knights-look-a-like people
who were driving and guarding the carriage, gathered near the carriage as if
waiting for something. Then someone who wore silvery Knight armor approached
from the direction of Chemkla’s camp and spoke out what seems to be an order.
Although Maya tried to understand what the order means, with her half-baked
language comprehension, she only recognized some of the words. Perhaps they
were asked to gather.

Florea
then approached Maya who then began to talk: [the words
in the () is Maya’s guessing]

Florea
shook hands with Maya (who was a bit surprised by this) and the other girls in
the carriage with a large grin on her face. She went towards the Knights, walk
a dozen steps, turned back, waved her hand before this time broke into half-running
towards the camp.

Maya
brought down her waving hand and stood still.

Florea
was affiliated with Chemkla. That means the people who saved her was people of
Chemkla. Seeing how the Knights treat Florea, she might be someone with high
rank in Chemkla. Then, that Fatsya Raho Yusis, who Florea was acting respectful
to, must be someone with even higher ranking as he also gave out orders to the
Knights. Speaking about Knights, Maya should have known better when she saw the
people in an elaborate glistening silver armor when they arrived at the surface
and boarded the carriage. They were the famous Knights of Silver Brigade, after
all. But at that time, her head was still filled with worried thoughts for
Sefi.

She
thought that they were just a group of mercenary, but the real answer was
something that was way stranger than her wildest imagination.

While
Maya was still stood in silent, still reeling from the shock of the realization
the true identity of the people who helped her, the villagers who were watching
over the gate came approaching the carriage from the broken village gate. At
first, they were dumbstruck and almost didn’t realize that it was Maya. After
all, she now wore a high-quality silk one-piece dress. Then when one of the
villagers realized he began to inform the other villagers while ringing the
bell.

“It… it Miss Maya! Call the Village Chief!” (Villager)

Soon
villagers gathered and behind them was the figure of her former family
physician and tutor Kanoro the Healer together with Grandpa Harima the village
chief; her adoptive Grandma, Risina; and her father loyal retainer, Nasurom.

Before
she finished her words Risi hugged Maya. Perhaps she was so happy to meet with
her again, or because she detected that Maya’s voice is trembling. Risi then
patted Maya’s back gently, as if saying, ‘Good job, everything will be
alright.’ Then Risi let go of her hug when she noticed that Maya had calmed a
bit, as Maya swiped the tears in the corner of her eyes with the sleeve of her
clothes.

“Oh, My! Maya! Where did you obtain this
splendid dress?” (Risina)

“My old clothes is damaged, so the people who
rescue me give me this clothes.” (Maya)

“Rescue?” (Risina)

“Yes… The people in that camp over there… It
was a group from Chemkla who rescued us.” (Maya)

“Then-then, the others?” (Harima)

“Zira, Launa, Chiri and Sefi are with me in
the carriage. The others… I guess they are in the carriages behind us. Also,
Master Kanoro, can you look at Sefi, she has been hurt by the bandits. Please
see her condition, Master.” (Maya)

“Really? Then, excuse me Miss Mayana.” (Kanoro)

As
always, Kanoro still addressed her as if she still a noble’s daughter. Then
Nasurom kneeled before Maya.

“Please
forgive this failure of a retainer to be unable providing any help to prevent
Miss Mayana from being captured by vile bandits. This failure of a retainer
will accept any punishment from Miss Mayana.” (Nasurom)

“Raise
up, Uncle Nasurom. I am not a noble anymore, you don’t need to kneel anymore.
It couldn’t be helped if Uncle Nasurom can’t offer any help. Uncle Nasurom is
doing an important job to keep us safe after all.” (Maya)

Basically,
Nasurom is someone who can be called as a “Rebel Leader” who lead the resistance
against the current reigning Feudal Lord, although Maya was their figurative
leader. Due to his activity, Tinirese and several surrounding villages were
relatively ‘safe’ from the Feudal Lord’s oppressive regime. Unfortunately, when
the bandits attacked this morning, Nasurom and his band of ‘Knights’ was away
from the village. A village youth who was tending the Hirmas was able to escape
during the confusion when the bandits attacked. Although he was a bit injured
from arrows, he safely arrived at the next village and informed Nasurom who
then quickly returned to Tinirese when he heard that it was attacked this
morning. Sadly, all of this took half-a-day, so when Nasurom arrived it was
already long over.

Maybe
because of the ruckus outside the carriage, Chiri and Launa poked out their
faces out.

““Grandma!”” (Chiri)(Launa)

They
jumped off from it and then ran to their Grandma’s arms while shedding tears of
joy and sadness. Maya wouldn’t blame them for doing this. They just experience
what could be said as the scariest moment in their lifetime. Meanwhile, the
villagers were aiding Kanoro and Zira moving the still unconscious Sefi from
the carriage with a stretcher that Florea graciously left behind.

Seeing
this sight, Maya made a sigh of relief. Yes. She had returned safely with the
others. It was a great struck of luck since she received unexpected help from
the people of Chemkla. If not, she couldn’t imagine the fate that would befall
her and her ‘sisters’.

But
still, there were many people who lost their life in the last attack. Even so,
she won’t weep. The tears won’t be of any use. After all, she shed enough tears
for her lifetime when her father, mother, brothers, and sisters died. For the
sake of the still living one, Maya held back her tears. Rather than crying, she
thought more about what to do for the living. Yes, for the sake of Chiri and
Launa too… After all, their father… for their sake…

“Chiri! Launa! You’re safe!” (Karusi)

…STILL
ALIVE???

‘Bu-bu-but,
he got stabbed and died from blood loss! I personally confirmed his death!!’

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Afterward,
Maya, Harima, Risina, Nasurom, Karusi --- Chiri and Launa’s father --- and
Sanusi --- Zira’s father --- were discussing in the middle of the room. Maya was
narrating the events after they have been captured by the bandits and about
their rescue (she omitted the event where she tried to stab the man who opened
the door).

By
the way, Karusi was the village’s Militia leader while Sanusi was the village’s
Grain Counter who oversee the public granary, he is also for all appearances
sake, the ‘father’ of Maya and Sefi.

“How’s Sefi, Master Kanoro?” (Maya)

Maya
had just finished her story when Kanoro arrived at the room after examining
Sefi’s condition.

“No need to be worried, Miss Mayana. The Magic
Potion is really effective. She already regained her consciousness and her
condition is stable, or rather, I am more surprised by the degree of her
healing. I heard from Zira, it is thanks to the Healing Magic by the girl
called Florea, right?” (Kanoro)

“Yes. It is the first time I encountered a
Healing Magic that is that strong.” (Maya)

“Yes. I must admit, it is even way beyond my
own Magic. This magic is something that can only be seen in Central Temple. And
that Magic Potion. I never saw a Potion with such dense mana concentration.” (Kanoro)

“…… That potion is from the Chemkla people,
right?” (Maya)

“Yes. They are really a mysterious group.” (Kanoro)

Kanoro
could only shudder when he recalled how the young man gave up 30 of such
potions like it was a candy when a Potion of such quality could be sold for a ridiculously
high price.

“Back to the topic. So you mean the people who
rescued you are the same group which helps us in the village?” (Harima)

“Yes, it seems so.” (Maya)

“But for what reason, they are rescuing you?” (Karusi)

“Fissunu brought them to us and we ask the
young man to help the ones captured by the bandits.” (Risina)

Everyone
was rather surprised by Risina’s answer. By the way, Fissunu is Zira’s younger
brother. Fissunu couldn’t save his sister as he was leading the small children
away from the bandits. Although he hasn’t got his Rite of Adulthood yet,
Fissunu’s swordplay is not a joke, just ask the dead bandits, they won’t laugh
at his sword.

Maya
could guess who the young man that Risina’s mention. It seems that Fissunu
sensed that the young man is the strongest and the leader of the group. He then
brought him to Risina who was calming the children and the mothers whose sons
and daughters got captured by the bandits. Fortunately, the young man seems to
understand their plea.

“I see… I must praise Fissu later.” (Sanusi)

“You have a good son, Sanu… Too bad, my son is
not like that…” (Karusi)

“Hahaha… Herru would cry you know if he knows what
you just said, you know.” (Sanusi)

“Hahahaha” (Karusi)

Seeing
Sanusi and Karusi laughed together, Maya couldn’t let go the odd feeling that
he had until now.

“Uncle Karusi, this might be rude, but, how
can you still be alive? I am certainly sure you are dead. You are not an
undead, right?” (Maya)

“Hahaha… No worry. No worry. Even I am
surprised by how can I still be alive…” (Karusi)

“Hmm? What do you mean by that?” (Nasurom)

“Ah… I think it’s better for Maya and Sir
Nasurom to know about this from the beginning.” (Kanoro)

“It’s gonna be a long story.” (Harima)

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Then
Harima and Kanoro began to narrate, the events that had been transpired during
Maya’s absence.

After
the bandits left, the villagers came out from their hiding place. They
immediately put out the fire, rescuing the injured and assessing the damage. Because
of the suddenness of the attack, almost every youth who was heading to the
fields were captured before being able to hide. The Village Militia could hardly
have any time to retaliate. Many buildings were destroyed or burned, the gate
was broken and the walls collapsed here and there, and the soon to be harvested
fields were ransacked and burned. These bandits were smart since the villagers need
to put down the fire in the fields or lose their food, then the number of their
pursuers would become smaller. They even covered several wells to make this
task harder. Then again, many adult and fit men were killed in the last attack,
including Karusi, the Militia leader. They have no men to spare to give chase. In
other words, it was a disaster.

Kanoro
and Harima were half-given up in rescuing Maya and others with their own power
and waiting for Nasurom to arrived before mounting a rescue mission. But at
that time, the men on the wall shouted that they spotted a group of people approached
from the direction of the forest. Thinking that it might be another bandits
attack, the rest of the villagers were in an uproar and restless.

When
Kanoro and Harima looked over the wall, they could see an armed group of men in
leather armor. But there were also a young man wearing a coat-like clothes and
a group of girls in different kinds of dresses. They could see that two of the
girls were Marshyel and one of them was Pacrux. But they didn’t seem to be
slaves from the manner of their dresses and how the young man, who seems to be
the group’s leader, treated them. In any case, they didn’t appear threatening.
Furthermore, it could be easily be seen from the quality and appearance of
their equipment, rather than bandits, the group was more similar to a noble
entourage sojourning or a well-off mercenaries group. Perhaps they were
investigating all the smokes that had come from the village. It wasn’t an
unknown story of mercenaries looting ruined villages, so the villagers were
rather uneasy.

Then
some of the girls yelled out something in a language unfamiliar to their ears.
But it wasn’t in a threatening or demanding tone, rather it was in the tone
that people use when they asking someone else if there is something wrong and
if they need help. The girls’ yelling somehow unease a bit of the wall
defenders’ nervousness. Either way, they really don’t appear to be hostile.

Thinking
that perhaps they were wandering mercenaries from the Grasssea or the regular
Zekrion’s Magic Beast and Monster eradication expedition in the Great Forest,
Kanoro and Harima decided to consult them and hire them to rescue Maya and
others. Harima and the surviving militias would meet with them while Kanoro
would take some of the men and assess how many coins, gems, and other valuables
that the village still possessed. After all, hiring mercenaries were never a
cheap venture.

Although
there was a difficulty in communicating, Harima managed to persuade them to
enter the village for discussion. Just like what he guessed before, the young
man seemed to be the leader group and the girls who accompanied him, seems to
be either his companions and servants, especially the girls’ group in the same blue
clothing uniform. As they passed through the village square where most of the
survivors gathered, Harima met with Kanoro’s group. Seeing Kanoro’s made a
stiff expression, Harima could guess what happened. There was barely any money
and valuables in the village to pay the mercenaries. Thinking what to do,
Kanoro thought that perhaps he could negotiate a delayed payment. However, based
on Harima’s report, the mercenaries didn’t understand their Soiporan Dialects,
so Kanoro began to talk to the young man in Norai Palisan, but eliciting no
response, Kanoro also began to talk in Zekir and Ram dialects. He even began to
talk in Khas, Shiti, and his shaky Fohel Dialects. But the young man made a
gesture that shows he didn’t understand anything of it.

Just
when Kanoro scoured his brain for his rusty Sastuhasan language skill, the
young man put his hand in front of him and then there were light particles
gathered in his palm. As soon as that light particle disappeared, there was
this small vial of red liquid in his hand. Kanoro was surprised because
although he first thought it was some kind of dimensional storage magic, he
didn’t feel any flow of mana from the man. Furthermore that red liquid, it was
a Magic Potion. As a Healer, he could also made magic potions, but he never saw
a magic potion with such dense mana concentration. Even his best potions pale
in comparison.

The
young man then gestured and speak in a language that Kanoro couldn’t identify
with any Midzu language that he knows. From his gesture, it seems that the
young man said to use the potion for the sick people.

When
Kanoro mentioned about the potions to Harima, he was overwhelmed with gratitude
and showed his thanks to the young man in Soiporan way (shaking hands). But
this didn’t end with just that, the young man did that mysterious dimensional magic
once more and gave 29 more potions (this time inside a beautifully embroidered
cloth bag) to the Harima. Then hundred of boxes that were made something
similar to thick paper and contained some kind of brownish grain bread with
meat and egg. In addition, a large wooden barrel that they soon found contained
clean water. While Harima and the villagers were overjoyed by the unseemingly
out of nowhere gift, Kanoro could only guess what the gift of this young man
means. Is the gifts were just out of his compassion or he had other ulterior
motives. After all, that magic potions and meat would cost a considerable
amount of money.

The
surprise still didn’t end, the man called out to two girls in blue clothes who
then bowed in respect to the young man. Now that they remembered it, one of the
girls was called Florea, whom Maya had mentioned before. The young man began to
order them something and the girls in blue dress began to chant in an unknown
language as they gather mana around them. Then there were lights surrounding
Harima and Kanoro. Even without looking at their disappearing light wounds,
Harima and Kanoro immediately recognized it as Healing Magic; furthermore, it
wasn’t just a simple Healing Magic but a high ranked Healing Magic. Who can
guess that amongst the young man’s retinue there were two young girls who could
use magic on par with Archpriests and Archealers?

The
young man seems to say that the girls will help to heal the injured people and
asked Harima and Kanoro for permission. Although Kanoro didn’t know if the man
understands, he spoke out his approval. But then the young man shouted. When
Kanoro turned to look back at the man, he and the villagers were struck with astonishment
as two winged humanoid girls of what can only be described as Fairies of the
myths appeared in the sky and descended before the young man. The Fairies
seemed to be obedient to the young man. Kanoro couldn’t imagine how a young man
like him could make mythical creatures like Fairies subordinate to him. After
all, Humanoid Spirits were the hardest to be contracted than a Bestial Spirit. This
make Kanoro wanted to ask who are this man, and as the extension, this people group‘s
true identity?

The
Green Fairy followed the girls and Kanoro to the house where the injured were
being taken care of. Although Kanoro’s healing magic and potions had mostly
stopped their external bleeding, the people here lost quite a lot of blood or
have their inner organs wounded. While casting their healing magic and giving
the magic potions to the injured, their condition quickly stabilized and didn’t
that dangerous anymore. Even someone whom Kanoro predicted wouldn’t last for the
night, could heal at least in a few months. This was nothing but miraculous.
Then some of the young man’s girl companions appeared and helped giving potions
and food to the injured and their caretakers inside. A bunny eared Marshyel
girl offered the aforementioned brown bread to Kanoro. Just for appearance
sake, Kanoro only made a small bite to the bread, as it’s considered rude in
Soiporan Culture to not at least made a ‘bite’ of the food that offered to you,
even if you didn’t intend to eat them right away. But the bread was so rich and
tasty, unlike the light bread he used to eat, and the meat was so juicy that he
ended up eating the whole bread. It seems the other people also felt the same
way with him. Anyway, after every injured person had been healed, the girls and
the Green Fairy went outside to the square.

Meanwhile,
the Blue Fairy had stopped the burning or smoldering buildings and mille-wheat fields
by freezing them. The young man’s subordinates helping the villagers to rescue
villagers still trapped under the rubble, living or dead, while the girls in
blue dress began to cook food in large pots, sauce pans and something like a
stove which suddenly appeared, using a large quantity of ingredients that also
suddenly appeared.

Seeing
things magically appeared in front of their eyes, the dumbfounded villagers
were at a loss but at the same time entranced by the scent of their cooking. At
the same time, the young man’s other girl companions began to distribute sweet
beverage that had been chilled by the Blue Fairy to the villagers. Never had
the luxury of tasting ice cold beverage in the middle of the day before, the
villagers were greatly fascinated.

When Kanoro met with Harima later and want to
continue their plan to hire the young man to rescue people captured by the
bandits ── and discussing the reward ── the young man was nowhere to see. Some of the
villagers said that the young man had left the village with some of his men
towards the forest.

At
lost on what to do and unsure who they need to approach in the mysterious group,
Harima and Kanoro gave up for the moment and just concentrate on performing an emergency
wall and gate fixing. While in the square, the girls in the blue dress still
cooking and distributing food to the villagers.

About
an hour passed when suddenly Harima and Kanoro were called by the wall
defenders again. This time, they spotted a large shadow coming from north-east.
From Kanoro’s reckoning, that was the direction of Chemkla. When the shadow
approached, the wall defenders were in a panic. That shadow was a large wingless
magic dragon! Unlike normal dragons that flew using their wings, magic dragons
flew using magic and many were wingless. If a normal flight capable dragons are
a bane to a city, then magic dragons are a threat to the whole kingdom. After
all, not only they need to battle something that flies in the sky, but it also
can use breath attacks and magics. Harima and Kanoro were wondering what kind
of unpardonable transgression that their village had done to the Gods’ Court
and Holy Spirits for a magic dragon approaching their village.

Then
when the distance had close enough for them to see, Kanoro and Harima noticed
that what they thought as the magic dragon’s body were actually a long cylindrical
thing with white and blue pattern that Kanoro felt he had seen before
somewhere. The dragon placed that cylindrical thing at the northeast fallow
field from the village. Then at the underside of that cylindrical thing, that possessed
something similar to windows, have its one side opened in a manner of a door. There
were people exiting that thing, which Kanoro guessed something similar to a
flying carriage. But what surprise him was that the magic dragon then shined
and disappeared.

Some
of the people that exited the thing approached the village while the others
stayed and began constructing something similar to a camp. The people who
approached were lead by two young women. A brown haired Prena (Human) and a
blue-haired Pacrux. Different from the flesh red-haired Pacrux girl inside the
village who radiated a clear indifference feeling ── albeit still quite a beauty──, this new Pacrux girl radiated a divine transcendental
beauty that could instantly seize the men’s heart. She even seems to have the
controls over the Fairies, as they came personally to greet and kneel before
her.

While
Kanoro and Harima trying to guess their identity, the group had reached the
village’s northern entrance and the young man’s girl companions came out to meet
with them. They seemed to know each other, so it can be assumed that this new
group were the same or affiliated with the young man’s group.

A
Prena woman, who seems to be the current impromptu leader in the young man’s
stead, was guided by the girls to approach Harima and Kanoro. The Prena woman
then began to speak something in the same unknown language used by the young
man. Then a man dressed in dark coat-shirt that usually wore by nobles came to
forward as if the woman ordered him to. The man was followed by several men and
women wearing an official’s looking uniform. Perhaps his subordinates.

The
man spoke out a greeting in a broken Zekir-sounding Palisan with simple words
and unusual word placement. Although effective communication hasn’t been reached
yet, at least there was some kind of verbal communication right now.

Harima
and Kanoro then guided the group inside the village where they then sat around a
room used for discussion in the Village Hall. After, ordering something to the
man, the girls left the room, leaving the man and his subordinates. The man
introduced himself as Mitaharsu (Mitterherz)[1],
a kanselir (Kanzler) of Ersherssoktum Unyon dea Nushuwanensi (Erzherzogtum
Union der Neuschwanensee). Mitterherz then began to talk in broken-Zekir
Palisan Dialect about ‘food giving’, ‘house’, ‘plants’, and ‘ask stay’. Although
the details were still mainly unclear, from the broken words and many
non-verbal gestures, it seems that this Mitteherz person was telling Harima and
Kanoro that they their side will provide aids of food and materials for rebuilding
the village and the fields. In exchange, Mitteherz want to let some of the man
stay at the village. They didn’t quite grasp what Mitteherz wanted on the last point,
but it didn’t seem to be a bad choice. Either way, Harima need to consult with
the rest of the villagers before giving the final answer, so Kanoro with some
difficulty tried to inform Mitteherz that the final decision will be given
after the Village Meet.

At
that time, there was a great uproar coming from the square. As Harima and
Kanoro went outside they could see that the brown-haired woman that they saw
before had taken out a magic staffs in a shape of entwining snakes and held the
staffs over the corpse of the villagers that were lined up in the square for
the night’s mourning ritual. Then without performing a chant, the brown-haired
woman cast out a magic. Even Kanoro couldn’t make head or tails of it, as the
mana gathered and activated instantaneously.

When
the light from the magic disappeared, Kanoro, Harima, and the villagers couldn’t
believe their eyes. The supposed dead villager suddenly opened eyes and sat
upright. The woman offered her hand to help him to stand. While the
recently-dead man stood still in confusion and swarmed by his family, the woman
smiled and moved towards the next corpse and repeated her magic with the same
result.

There
is no doubt about it, the magic that she used was a Resurrection Magic, a Grand
Magic that can only be used by selected few or needed a large number of
High-Ranked Magicians and magic catalysts that only a country or a royalty could
afford it. To be able to cast Resurrection Magic continuously with only a short
break between the use, without any catalyst and even using that Grand Magic to
revive a mere peasant they just met. Even miracles should have its limit. Was
she some kind of deity wearing a mortal flesh? Some of the villagers even began
to kneel and pray before the brown-haired woman.

Then
Kanoro and Harima heard the shouts from the wall defenders and when they turned
their head toward that directions they could saw unnatural rainbow lights
dancing around beyond the walls. Kanoro left Harima, who was still stood
stupefied by the Resurrection Magic, behind and went to see what happened in
the fields. There he saw an unbelievable scene, the fields that should have
been ruined by the bandits were restored as if nothing happened to them. All that he could see was the blue-haired
Pacrux girl accompanied by the mysterious girl group seemed to order something
to the Green Fairy who then flew around the field which then glowed in rainbow
colors. After the light disappeared the blackish charred plant had turned into
the beautiful golden-green color of ripe mille-wheat ready to be harvested.

Kanoro
was speechless. The various common sense breaking feat had already made him
questioning the degree of his sanity. Perhaps this was just a really vivid
dream and he still unconscious in the bandit’s attack. Then, he watched the
girls’ group moved to the camp surrounding the long cylindrical thing at the
northeastern field. It seemed that without he realized that place had been
turned into similar to a military encampment as hundreds of Knights-looking-people
in glistening silver armor, milled around the place while hundreds more came
from the direction of the forest. When did they arrive? Where did they come
from? Kanoro was wondering. Then he saw the flags and banners that was being hoisted
around the camp. The same pattern that he saw on the cylindrical flying
carriage. Ring of three circles and stars of two squares. How can he forgot!
That’s the symbol of Chemkla!

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“Afterward… The brown-haired girl left for the
camp. All the dead people has been resurrected. We gathered all the important
people in the village and were discussing the offer from Mitteherz.” (Kanoro)

“We unanimously agreed. Not a single person
could say no after that miraculous event.” (Harima)

Harima
and Kanoro stopped their story at this point. Nasurom and Maya couldn’t believe
what they had just heard. It was as if it was ripped off from a fairy tale.

“This old man personally find this story as
unbelievable.” (Nasurom)

“I am of the same opinion, but after seeing
how Florea healed Sefi. I have no choice but to believe Grandpa and Master’s
story.” (Maya)

Perhaps
Nasurom was the type of people who only believe what he saw, so he found the
story to be not that different from tall-tales. But Maya was willing to accept
is as truth. After all, if not so, then how can she explain about Karusi who
should have been dead and the fields who should have been burned and ruined?

“Just when we were talking to Mitteherz, the
people from Chemkla suddenly left the village. Perhaps they were wary of Sir Nasurom
and his men who then arrived at the village.” (Harima)

But
they didn’t know that although Yuuto asked the Knights to withdraw from the
village, there were still a significant number of Knights concealed their
presence outside the village. Ready to strike at moment notice in case the men
turned out to be hostile entities.

“Yeah, this old man first thought that they
are suspicious. But Master Kanoro and Chief Harima stopped me.” (Nasurom)

“And I’m glad I did it. Do you think you could
win against the infamous Chemkla’s Silver Brigade? They are numbered hundreds,
after all.” (Harima)

“Either way, we need to decide what to do with
the offer from Chemkla’s side. The villagers had agree to it, but we might as
well hear Miss Mayana’s opinion about this.” (Kanoro)

Even
long after her father death, the villagers still held her family in high
regards. Maya felt thankful yet burdened by their trust and loyalty. After all,
she was just a mere peasant daughter and village girl right now. Even so, Maya
began to logically think about the events so far.

The
Chemkla which had been isolating themselves for hundreds of years suddenly
appeared in this village. Not only providing healing and provision, they also
resurrected the dead and restored the fields, feats that beyond mere human capabilities.
And now, that elusive nation offer to provide an aid, albeit they still don’t
know what the Chemkla’s side want from them. After all, there are no such thing
as a free lunch.

If
the old stories of the prowess of Chemkla is not just an excuse of the defeated
armies, then Chemkla might be a country that can be called as the pinnacle of
military and economy power at this region. The silk dress that she wore was a
clear evidence of this.

Common
Silk only could be harvested from insects which lived in the Hasriku Jungles
and other places with moist hot climate. Because of this, silk was a luxury
commodity enjoyed by the rich. However, the type of the silk that Maya wore was
differed from Common Silk. The Silk on Maya’s dress was of what are called Magic
Silk, that is, Silk that had been infused with magic power. A large amount of
Common Silk is needed to create even a strand of Magic Silk, so Magic Silk is
an exorbitant luxury that even Royalties could bankrupt themselves to obtain
it. Magic Silk is usually used to make embroidery of magic circuit that then
can be enchanted with magic to bring out a localized effect. Even small amount
of Magic Silk is already prohibitively expensive, but the dress that Maya and
Sefi wore were almost entirely from Magic Silk and some high-quality fabrics,
and Kanoro confirmed the existence of not only 1 or 2 enchantments, but an
unprecedented 8 different enchantments on the dress. Truthfully, even wearing the
dress made Maya shivered in nervousness. After all, the dress could feed the entire
village for several years.

So
she thought it will be better to do this way. There was no better alternative
than this.

Making
up her mind, Maya then spoke out to the gathered men about her plan.

“I will come to talk with them.” (Maya)

✿❀✿❀✿❀

Day 16 of arrival. 02-09-0002. 15.41

“Kugh… to be cornered
like this…… (>_<
)”
(Mizuki)

“Kuwahahaha… tremble
before me, Raa-chan. Even for you, there will be no mercy! (ﾟꇳ゜)” (Saki)

“Curse you Mona-chan. To
be able to counter me like this. I had underestimated you! （≧⺲≦ ）”
(Mizuki)

“It’s your fault to
underestimate me! I know more than I say, think more than I speak, and notice
more than you ever realize! (ﾟᗢ゜)” (Saki)

“Even so, I will bet all
of my efforts on this card! Draw!（･`⌂´･
）…………NOOOOOOOOO!
Darn,
it all! Darn, it all! ΣΣ(ﾟᗩ゜)” (Mizuki)

It
has been almost two hours since the unknown group of men arrived. It seemed
that the group was known and friendly to the villagers, so Yuuto lifted the
general state of alert in the camp. Because of that, the bored girls drag
Stella with them and began to play what they called ‘Melodramatic Reverse Old
Maid’ where the players must make grandiose speeches.

Meanwhile,
Ichiko and some parts of the staffs of Agricultural Bureau were examining and
took samples of the wheat-look-a-like that will be compared with similar
samples taken on previous explorations to Mittagsland and Morgendrotsland.
Compared to the fully upgraded Enchanted Crops at Neuschwanensee, the
wheat-look-a-like, which also called mille-wheat due to the similarity of it to
millet and wheat, had much smaller projected yield. Then again, the Enchanted
Crops of Neuschwanensee couldn’t be seen as normal. However understanding local
crops might be important if the Enchanted Crops couldn’t thrive outside
Neuschwanensee.

As
for Yuuto; he received a report from Mitteherz and his staffs about the details
of the aid program for the native Village of Tinirese (Mitteherz learned the
name from the local Chief) and that the Village Chief need time to answer it. Considering
the severe communication gap between two parties, Yuuto was rather impressed by
his achievement. Well that communication gap would be bridged in relatively quick
time, though.

Either
way, the food and materials for the aid already been stockpiled and ready to be
transported, so Yuuto left the small details to Mitteherz’s staffs, and
although he know many things, as expected his knowledge of agriculture was just
at layman level, so he left the matter of the mille-wheat to Ichiko and her
staffs. After all, a good leader must know when to delegate the task to his subordinates.

Now,
he was relaxing in the tent sipping the tea and cookies provided by Kiyomi while
chatting with her about the strange box with light novel books that she found
in the kitchen storeroom. He then related to her about Stella’s incident in the
library just the other day. Who put the light novel books at that place and why
was still a mystery for them.

Meanwhile,
Chie was nearby him, sprawling on the sofa, reading La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri.
Luckily, Neuschwanensee Grand Library is really Grand. By the way, the
way Chie sprawling while reading her books reminded Yuuto of a cat. Her cat
ears that moved at times and her tails who swayed back and forth only serve to
reinforce this feeling.

In
any case, if nothing happens, Yuuto and most of the Knights would return to the
Castle in the afternoon (legally defined as when the Larger Sun – Grossesonne sunk
under the horizon) leaving some staffs and Knights for the aid distribution.

Then
Veniosa and Gemirea approached and kneeled

“Lord Highness, an envoy from Tinirese Village
had arrived.” (Veniosa)

Yuuto
then put his cup and stood up. Kiyomi tidied the cups and plates before
followed him, so was Chie who placed the book she read back into her inventory.
Ichiko looked that Yuuto was leaving, and with an expression of ‘Oh, it’s time
already?’ she picked up the girls and Stella en route and followed him towards
the large tent that had been set up as the meeting place. The ground had been
entirely covered using wooden platforms, that is then covered by light blue
colored rugs. There was a 3 steps dais set up where 8 chairs decorated as
throne, while table and chair placed at either side of the tent where
Mitteherz’ Chancellery Staffs were working. There were no Knights guarding near
the throne, as the one who would perform the task will be the Maid Guardians.

When
Yuuto and the girl arrived, the village envoys already kneeled before eight
empty thrones. The village envoys composed by 9 people. There was the
Village-Chief (presumptive), the smart looking man, two normal looking man, a
stern looking man and three sword armed men (perhaps these four are the bodyguard,
thought Yuuto), and surprisingly, the young girl that stabbed him before who
positioned herself in front of the villagers. It was unexpected that the girl
was someone with a high position in the village. By the way, the girl still
wore the silk dress that Yuuto gave to her and had groomed her herself well so
that she couldn’t be seen as a village peasant girl anymore but as if a Young
Lady from a respected family.

Yuuto and the girls then took their usual seat
followed by the Maid Guardians who then stood on their right and left side.
When he gave out the command “Rise”. The girl stood up before need to be
translated by Mitteherz, who then mimicked by the others envoys.

‘Hmm,
it as if, the girl understand my words’

When
the girl began to speak, Yuuto suspicion came true.

“I come and greet Lord Highness Yusis and
companions good tidings. I will introduce myself. My name is Mayana tih Surukii
peh Riorra. We come from Tinirese place to have talks. I am a person in the
front of them.” (Maya)

Her
pronunciation of words were rather stiff, but passable and understandable.
While her choice of words was rather unique, but in general her grammar works
out. But where and when did she learn Loransian from?

Yuuto
quickly deduced a suspect and turned his head to his right where Florea was
performing a weird small hand have towards the girl who was named Mayana. When
Florea noticed that Yuuto was looking at her, she immediately made a ‘I don’t know
what I had done wrong, but please don’t punish me. I’m sorry!’ expression. Yuuto
then went, ‘Ah, so that’s the cause.’ and ended up praised Mayana for being
able to learn a language quickly. But it didn’t like Yuuto’s side also didn’t
possess someone who was similar to her.

“We can understand your language as well. If
talking in our language are something that is difficult yo you, you may talk in
your language too.”
(Kiyomi)

“Eh?”

When
the smiling Kiyomi began to address the village envoys using their native
language, even Mayana was surprised.

Yeah…
They might be surprised, just like when Yuuto first know about this, he was
surprised too. Who could imagine that Kiyomi could also learn a language that
fast? But unlike Mayana who did this using her talent, in Kiyomi’s case, it was
due to her Tier 2 『Scholar』 Job, a magic support Job, especially her 『Linguist』 Passive Skill Chain which grant shorter magic
activation/chant (for non-instantaneous magic) and cooldown, which as a 『Summoner』 and 『Oracle』that had many non-instantaneous magics, this
skill was essential. 『Linguist』 also increase any skills which require 《Communication》 parameter, such as Guardian Spirits Summoning. 『Scholar』also had many skills that increase magic usage
efficiency but didn’t have any offensive skill by itself, so only players that
focused on magic take this Job. It was
Yuuto who suggest her take 『Scholar』 for this benefit. By the way, Stella and
Ichiko also had Tier 1 『Scholar』 job, but Stella focused on 『Magic Theory』 Passive Skill Chain, while Ichiko focused on 『Medicine Science』Passive Skill Chain.

Anyway,
when Kiyomi visited the village with Ichiko and heard the village chief talked
for the first time, her 『Linguistic: Decipher』
Passive Skill automatically activated. She didn’t really that surprised,
after all, she had done many strange things using her skills.

【Detecting New Language. Deciphering Process
Begin.】

There
was a loading bar below the information window. The bar slowly filled as the
Village Chief spoke. So Kiyomi thought that as she heard more native people talking
in their language, the Skill decipher more and more about the native language.
After Kiyomi parted from Ichiko and the others who were helping the Maids
distributing meal and beverage, Kiyomi went to one side of the village and encountered
dozens of children who were playing inside a yard of walled house. When the children saw
her, they began to surround her and asking her questions. Of course, Kiyomi
didn’t understand the language then. Veniosa and some old ladies there tried to
interfere, but Kiyomi prevented them from doing so, gesturing to let the children
came to her. The children touched her kimono-like dress or were fascinated by
her nautilus-like horns. When the children spoke something to her, she just did
a “Hm?” with a smile. Because the rapid pace speaking of the children and the
propensity for the children to speaking at the same time. Kiyomi’s deciphering
bar filled out quickly.

【Identifying Language from Word-Units …─╲│╱─╲│╱─… Analysis Complete】

【Result: Language
temporarily designated asUnknown Language 1】

【Comparing Grammatical and Semantic Pattern to
Existing Known Language

But
the children just tilt their head. Some of the old ladies then began to talk to
her. Well, she hardly could understand their words. Of course ,just like the
specialties of Japanese person, she just goes with “Hm?”, “Ah, I see”, “Yes”,
made small nods with a smile. Even so, her deciphering bar continued to increase
as the number of old ladies around her increased.

When
the deciphering process finished, Kiyomi could more or less understand the
language used by the villagers. It appears that the Unknown Language is
distantly related to Thalassian, just like modern French is distantly related
to Ancient Latin. It helps that Thalassian is an analytic language, so the
degree of grammar difference wasn’t that large. However, the Unknown Language
lost the numerous copula words and noun-verb affixation characteristic of
Thalassian, that superficially it might lead people to think that they are
different unrelated language.

Now
she could communicate with the children who were mostly asking her, “Where do
you come from?”, “Why do you have horn in your head?”, “The dress is so pretty,
where can you buy this?” While the old lady mostly complained about how the
world has become a dangerous place, the ruined harvest, the hateful current feudal
lord, and how the ladies worried about the children’s future. During this, the
dictionary inside her mind continued adding, updating and revising the content
in real time, refining the Translation Algorithm.

After
quite some time passed, with a sentence, “Thank you for your time. I will do
something about it”, a smile, candies and cakes for the children and fine
fabrics as gifts to the old ladies for the stories, Kiyomi left the house and walked
towards the outside the village.

Since
the revelation about the native language happened when Mitteherz was still
doing the negotiation with the villagers, Kiyomi could only inform him via
message. Hopefully, the knowledge that the villagers’ language related to Thalassian language could help him and his staff
in the discussion (sadly Mitteherz and his staffs hardly knew any Thalassian).
Meanwhile, Kiyomi focused on repairing the dark and dull colored field that
ruined the picnic scenery. En route, Saki found her which then cause the whole
group, except Ichiko, to follow her. The reason was, rather than seeing Ichiko
resurrecting dead villagers, seeing what Kiyomi want to do in the field is more
interesting. The rest is history.

Later,
when Kiyomi heard the report from Mitteherz that the name of the village is Tinirese
and thought that the unknown language should be renamed Tinirese…

【Unknown Thalassian Language is renamed to:
Tinirese Language】

How
convenient! She thought. The skill even updated the name for her. Kiyomi then mentioned
about her ability and the connection of the so-called Tinirese language to
Thalassian language to Yuuto. Sadly, even knowing this, Yuuto and the others
still don’t understand the language. Well… at least they have a convenient channel
of communication.

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Maya
was quite surprised as the Pacrux girl who sat beside the man called Yusis,
spoke to her in a rather rustic Palisan dialects. The first impression from
Maya was, ‘what a beautiful person.’ While she also felt a strong divine aura from her and
the others.

“I will serve as the interpretator
for this meeting. Let me introduce myself, I am Erste Herzogin of Neuschwanensee,
Melbiena von Internacqua zu Neuschwanensee. In your language perhaps I will be
called First Doukissa?”
(Kiyomi)

Interpretator is a really old form for an interpreter,
while Doukissa is what now is called as Duchess.[2]
It was as if Duchess Melbiena was substituting most words that she didn’t know
with ancient-form synonyms of the words. Maya guessed that this must be because
Neuschwanensee people hadn’t spoke with an outsider for a long time, so they
had difficulty talking or understanding normal Palisan. After all, during this
700 years, Palisan language does undergo several changes in the language.[3]

“It is an honor for me to be granted this
meeting, Lady Melbiena. But if I may speak, it is interpreter and Duchess, Your
Grace. ”
(Maya)

“Is that so? I am sorry, but my grasp of your
language is still incomplete. I am thankful for your help. And Lady Mel is
enough.”
(Kiyomi)

“I understand, Lady Mel. ” (Maya)

Maya
was worried if she will be considered rude, but she must correct any
misinterpretation. Who know what this misinterpretation could result if she
didn’t correct it immediately. Fortunately, the First Duchess seems to be a tolerant
person. Although Maya didn't whether it was appropriate to call the First Duchess as 'Lady Mel', her lack of awareness about Neuschwanensee culture prohibits her from deeming whether rejection or acceptance will be considered as rude. She should have learn more about Neuschwanensee's ethics from Florea.

“Yes, I think
you are correct. He is the Supreme Ruler of Erzherzogtum Union der
Neuschwanensee. Umm, that’s… means ‘Archduchy Union of Neuschwanensee’ in your
language perhaps? Also, this person is my Dear Husband.”[5](Kiyomi)

Maya
felt that the last sentence was aimed at her, but this might be just her
imagination. Anyway, just like what she thought before, this Yusis person is
really the leader of Chemkla, or rather, Neuschwanensee. Maya and the others
made a light bow to him to show their respect.

“This Lady is
Zweite Herzogin Unapietra von Ekteer zu Neuschwanensee. She can also be called
as her Lady Una for short.” (Kiyomi)

Lady
Mel then introduced the Second Duchess, a beautiful mature-looking brown-haired
woman with a white robe-like dress. She must be the woman who resurrected the
villagers. If she was the Second Duchess then that means she too was Yusis,
second wife. Lady Una gave a serene smile to Maya. This person too must be a
kind person. Maya didn’t forget to make a bow towards her.

The
Third Duchess is a flesh red (pink) hair-colored young woman. She too can be called
beautiful, yet she have this indifferent look on her face. She too was a Pacrux
just like Lady Mel as she has two horns that went to her backside where a large
ribbon rested. Compared to the others, her clothes were colorful and have lots
of frills. Maya also bowed to her.

The
Fourth Duchess is a Feline Marshyel based on her black furred ears and tails,
compared to others she wore a simple dress with a high-waist skirt. She has
this expressionless face yet she too can be considered as a beauty. She is
quite small, is she Lord Yusis’ wife too. Eh? Don’t tell every girl in the rest
of the seats are his wife?

The
Fifth and the Sixth Duchess were a twin Prena girls with similarly black hairs
and different colored iris that mirrored each other. Both have the almost
identical youthful face, but one of them seems lively, while the other looks
reserved. Their age might not much older than Maya, but it was common in the aristocratic
circle to marry early. Perhaps if Maya was still a noble’s daughter, she would
be already be wed right now.

The
last one was a short Leporine Marshyel girl. Rather than ‘beautiful’, the
Seventh Duchess were more appropriate to be called as ‘cute’ instead. Since
Maya heard that a Marshyel have similar growth rate comparable to a Prena, she
might be at the same age with Chiri or Launa. The Seventh Duchess then waved
her hand and made a big smile. Un, she is indeed cute, thought Maya.

Maya’s
first impression is that Archduke Yusis is quite a passionate man, to have
seven wives at such young age. Furthermore, every single one is a beautiful woman.
Even though polygyny in the Royalty and Nobility were common conduct in the
past, such practice had been mostly went out of fashion in recent century. Although
it replaced by a system of concubinage or mistresses. However, Maya could take
advantage of this… ‘I needs to be careful with the First Duchess though’, was
what Maya thought while she introducing the village envoy to the First Duchess.

✿❀✿❀✿❀

“Umm what are you doing
Mel?” (Yuuto)

“Ah, I am performing
introduction.” (Kiyomi)

“Isn’t the introduction
is a tad too long?” (Yuuto)

“It is fine, Dear
Husband. Courtesy is important, after all. The first impression is of a paramount
importance. Then let me introduce the people from Tinirese, this is Harima soi
Kabarii, the village chief. This is Kanoro soi Sutoroa, the village’s healer. This
is…” (Kiyomi)

After
Kiyomi finished introduced the village envoys one by one, they finally began
discussing the real issue at the hand.

“……We,
the people of the Village of Tinirese, humbly accept the aid from the Archduchy
Union of Neuschwanensee. Let me represent our village to express our sincere
and deepest gratitude for the generosity and compassion that had been conferred
upon us even when we couldn’t offer anything to return the favor.” (Maya)

“They accept our aid and
are really thankful for our help.” (Kiyomi)

“Are you really
translating everything?” (Yuuto)

“…… Of course. I only put
the reply in a concise manner. Or Dear Husband prefer to hear everything? They
are mostly polite filler words, though.” (Kiyomi)

“Ah, no need, but please
translate all the important parts. Then inform them that we will soon transport
the food and materials aid to the village so ask them where to store all of
them to the staff.” (Yuuto)

“Yes, Dear Husband. His
Lord Majesty Archduke Yusis has accepted your response and is gladly notify the
people of Tinirese Village that the relief supply will be swiftly transported
to the village in due time, so we hope your side could arrange a suitable place
where these supplies could be properly stockpiled before further redistribution
and inform the Kanzleramt Staffs.” (Kiyomi)

“Certainly,
Lady Mel.”
(Yuuto)

“Certainly, she says.” (Kiyomi)

“Tell them that we will
station some people to do research and survey in the region and expect a
cooperation from them. In exchange, we will also guarantee their security from
bandits and monsters attack and further material support.” (Yuuto)

“Yes, Dear Husband. His
Lord Majesty commend the wise and correct choice that your people had taken. Be
that as it may, we would like to station several of our scholars
to perform studies that we deemed necessary to do in your village and
the surrounding area. We like you to cooperate with them and not hinder them in
any way detrimental for their duty. In exchange, His Lord Majesty promised
to provide the wellbeing People of Tinirese Village with the full might
of Archduchy Union’s military from any outside threat and to share our
Archduchy Union’s universal opulence with the People of Tinirese
Village. Any further inquiry might be conveyed to Kanzler Mitteherz or the Kanzleramt
staffs.”
(Kiyomi)

“We
will gratefully welcome the scholars and will offer our utmost assistance to
them. We also are once again present our sincere and deepest gratitude for the
unremitting act of mercy and benevolence that was continuously conferred upon
us. ”
(Maya)

“They say yes, Dear
Husband.” (Kiyomi)

“That is quite long for a
yes… But Alright then, I will leave the details to Mitteherz. We will return to
the castle.” (Yuuto)

With
the formalities for the aid finished up, Yuuto didn’t think there will be any
needs to stay in this village, as he need to prepare for tomorrow Instance
Raid. Just when Yuuto stood up, suddenly Maya kneeled once more and spoke out in
a shaky Loransian.

“I really ask please to
wait, Lord Highness Yusis.” (Maya)

Yuuto
turned his head towards Maya who stared at him with pleading eyes. Maya bowed
while placing her hands over her bellies.

“Please take a responsibility
for us.” (Maya)

⚡*SFX: THUNDER*⚡

Or
at least that was what happened inside Yuuto’s mind. The outside was sunny with
low cloud coverage, so of course, there will be no thunder in reality.

‘Eh
responsibility? What have I done to you? I mean, you are the one who stabbed me,
Maya-shi[6]’

While
Yuuto was confused by what Maya’s words mean, he felt an intense look coming
from his left side.

“なになに? *✨ *✨
(◉∨◉)*✨*✨*
なにやってんのん?” (Saki)

‘Saki
calms down a bit, you are too excited that even you unconsciously forgot to
translate your own sentence… Tsumiki, Mizuki, you both also don’t need to follow
Saki’s example.’

“Eh? I know you do a side
quest, but I never know you also perform a heroine conquer at the same time. And
we; Whoa… We just, like, 4 hours since came to this village… Wow, I can only say
I really respect you.” (Stella)

‘Your
words and tone might show admiration, Stella, but it was clear that your eyes are
as if looking at a trash. Also, 4 hours is too fast, even conception took
longer than that…’

“Ara ara…” (Ichiko)

‘Why
do you have that amused face, Ichiko? Please help me calm the situation.
*sigh*’

Even
the Maids and the other people in the tent were confused by the situation.
Geez, it was as if the employees heard that their boss have an illicit affair. As
Yuuto made a deep sigh inside his mind at the girls’ and the NPC’s reaction, he
turned towards Maya whose face became stiffened by the event happened in front
of her.

‘It
looks like she is misspoken. Or at least, that what I want to believe.’ Even in
this situation, Yuuto could still calmly thinking and his stoic expression
unbroken. This situation couldn’t even hold a candle compared to the familiar
love battlefield he had engaged in High School.

“Mel, can you ask what
she means by ‘responsibility’?” (Yuuto)

Yuuto
asked Kiyomi who was stood unmoving in silence, who then answer Yuuto with a
gentle smile before turning towards Maya and began to talk with a rather chiding
tone and a questioning glare at Maya.

“Yes, Dear Husband. Miss
Maya, I presume you have been using the wrong word that has different meaning from
what you have in mind, so may I ask you to clarify what do you mean by ‘responsibility’?” (Kiyomi)

“Ah…
I mean please rule over us, am I using the wrong word?” (Maya)

“……
What do you mean by rule over you?” (Kiyomi)

“I
mean we the people of Tinirese Village are asking to be annexed into the Archduchy
Union of Neuschwanensee. I believe several other neighboring villages and hamlets
will also agree to be annexed. We are willing to follow your law and reign.
Please consider this plea.”
(Maya)

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Maya
sighed in relief. At first she afraid that the other Duchesses rejected her
proposal, but it seems that she just used the wrong word. She was glad since
she still couldn’t understand their language well, she afraid the other side won’t
understand her words. She was glad that the First Duchess could understood Palisan.
Still, in the back of her mind, she was wondering what “Responsibility” actually means in the
Chemkla language that they made such grandiose reaction to that word.

The
Archduke and the Duchesses then began to speak in what seems to be yet another
language than the one they used before. Perhaps they switched the language because
they know Maya could understand their previous language? This might be
inconvenient for her gamble.

Yes,
this was Maya’s gamble. The living condition under the current Feudal Lord was
too oppressive to be tolerable. After all, he only thought the lands that once
governed by Maya’s Father as an inexhaustible exploitable resource that he
could milk dry selfishly for his territorial ambition. Even the nominal ‘independence’
that this village had right now came from Nasurom small band of ‘knights’ hard
work of interfering with that Lord’s official.

But
Maya wouldn’t ever know when that Lord’s will send all of his men to crush
Tinirese. It will be hard for mere peasants army to win against regular
soldiers. Although Nasurom believes that they will have won, Maya doubted it.
After all, if they really could win, they would already defeat that Lord and
restore back her Father’s realm since long time ago.

Their
situation was like an egg at the tip of a horn. The slightest huff and the egg
will fall. Even one organized bandits’ attack is already enough to push the
whole Tinirese Village over the cliff of oblivion. Even if the bandit didn’t
attack, Tinirese Village would still in the precarious situation, either from
Wild Beasts, the Lord’s army, or even Army from neighboring territories.

Although
she had forsaken her interest in recovering her father rule and just wanted to
live her peaceful life as a common farmer daughter, she realized that she wouldn’t
be able to do this if the situation still remained as it is. Yet what she can
do? She was too weak to make the independence of the village possible and the
other option to receive the boots of the oppressive new Lord wasn’t a desirable
outcome.

Left
the land? To where? For a farmer the land is their blood and soul, can they
easily obtain new land in a new place? To town? A simple farmer lacks any
skills needed in the town, they can only do manual labor or beg on the street
and certainly ended up in the slums or worse. Leaving the village was never an
option from the start.

Then
the previous series of event happened and Chemkla or Neuschwanensee came to the
picture and offer an out of the box solution. From the conversation she had
with Florea and the Harima and Kanoro’s stories, perhaps the yoke of Neuschwanensee’s
rule could be much lighter than the current yoke looming over their neck. After
all, they seem not bothered by food shortage, since they gave quite a large
amount of food to the village. They also seem not bothered by a dearth of wealth,
since they gave out expensive objects like it was candies. Perhaps they won’t bleed
a poor village dry for food or wealth and with this, the villagers could have
their peaceful life back. However, there was no guarantee this might happen
just like she had thought, so this was essentially, a gamble.

She
had consulted this with the others and most of them see no loss from trying to
let themselves being annexed by Neuschwanensee. She thought that the
neighboring villages that were once ruled by her father would love to bite at
any opportunity to be freed from that Lord rule, even if their new Master would
be someone unknown(Chemkla) for them.[7]
After all, beggars can’t be choosers.

In
the worst case, based on Archduke’s many wives, perhaps she could try to obtain
his nightly favor and secure Tinirese future via the womanly path. Although
love might be the dream of commoner girls, someone who came from noble’s
bloodline like her wouldn’t normally get their desired dream of love. Her
partner would be someone decided for her or picked according to the needs of
her family or her people. If her tiny sacrifice could lead her current family
to a better tomorrow, then she would gladly to become even a mere mistress. She
just needs be careful not to invoke the other Duchesses’ displeasure,
especially the First, Lady Mel.

The
First Duchess seems to explain Maya’s request towards the rest in the unknown
language. Just like during the previous tumult the Archduke still didn’t change
his expression much, even after hearing Maya’s request. He might be someone who
had good control in managing his expression. Before he began to spoke to Maya
in the Chemkla language:

“I know you can
understand our words. So, let me ask: ‘Why?’” (Yuuto)

So
he asked, ‘why?’ Maya knew that unlike some other nobles, the Neuschwanensee
ruler might reject her offer of annexation. So she began to recite the story
she had tailored before. Maya skillfully put breaks in her story, so that the
First Duchess could translate the story for her. (Originally, she hope to put a
simplified version of her story in Chemkla language and work from there.)

“I
hope I am the daughter of the previous Baron that govern this land.”

“However
6 years ago my Father was fallen in the battlefield with all of my brothers in
the hand of my Father’s rival Lord.”

“That
Lord then use his influence to sentence my whole Clan to death via false charges.”

“I
am the only one who was left behind since my Family’s loyal retainer hide me
from that Lord’s eyes.”

“That
Lord only see my Father’s territory as a property that he could exploit as much
he like.”

“He
sets a high tax. Send the young man as soldiers to die in the battlefield. Kill
everyone who opposes him.”

“That
Lord didn’t care if we are suffering from famine, from beasts or bandits
attacks, or from his own harsh tax.”

“There
is already some villages that had been ruined beyond recovery.”

“That
fate would eventually visit our village. If not for your timely aid, this
village is done for.”

“Ratherthan
him as our Lord, we want someone else to rule over us.”

“I
hope that the Archduchy Union of Neuschwanensee can be that someone.”

“As
I believe, your great country can grant us our blissful home back.”

Maya
stopped her story with a plea tucked in the end. She hoped that her offer would
be granted. After all, Neuschwanensee wouldn’t reject a free territory, right?

But
when finally the Archduke replied as translated by the First Duchess, Maya almost
couldn’t believe what she heard.

✿❀✿❀✿❀

On
the 17th day of the Fifth Month of Dark-Half at 662nd Year
of the Emperor of Holy Spirit, or the 2nd Day of the Ninth Month of Neues
Zeitalter Year 2, Archduchy Union of Neuschwanensee formally annexed the former
Barony of Riorra of the Kingdom of Sarai as the Margraviate of Heitersheim,
which also include some parts of Great Falgara Forest (also known as Dusterenwald
Forest).

The
16 years old* daughter of the previous Baron Suruki of Riorra, Mayana was then
appointed as Marchioness Mayana von Suruki-Riorra zu Heitersheim with its Margraviate
capital at the then small village of Tinirese. Marchioness Mayana also joined the
Union Ducal Council as non-voting junior member.

However
owing to slowness of information transmission characteristic of that age, this
fact was only be known by the King of Sarai and the surrounding nations several
days after this event happened. This territory acquisition was just the first
among several territorial acquisition of Archduchy Union under the leadership
of Archduke Yusis the Great, which essentially increase the territory size of
Neuschwanensee by thousands fold.

* Age listed in YEHS reckoning.
She is 17 years old in NZ reckoning, since YEHS is 24 days longer than NZ.

The Village Arc is longer than what I had
envisioned before. However with this, the first-half of the second chapter is
finished.

The second-half of the second chapter, the North
and South Arc, will begin…

Featuring: First Instant Raid, The Battle of
Northern Aggression, and the Sarai-Archduchy 'War'.

NEXT WEEK or MONTH! If I don’t forget to write
it!

Sneak peek (real chapter might differ):

***

“The layout change again…” (Ichiko)

“Grrrrr…. That’s it… My name is Stellahymne, Princess of the Radiant Stars.
I call upon thy Power as per the Holy Covenant. Using the Words of Power, I ask
thee to annihilate all in the righteous way. Eraser Laser!” (Stella)

*Labyrinth walls destroyed*

“As always… How can you chant that spell with calm face.” (Yuuto)

“…… I-i-i-t can’t be helped you know. I need to chant to charge the magic,
you know.” (Stella)

“Let’s just beat the boss and get back before dinner time. For Spätzle!” (Mizuki)

“Spätzle‼!” (Saki)

***

“Is that… a tank?” (Kiyomi)

“Magic-tank actually, with a 120mm mana-powered-kinetic-accelerator cannon and
two co-ax-...” (Yuuto)

“You mean… a railgun? *sparkle*” (Saki)

“Not really… But close enough… If this test succeeds I want to make an 80cm
version.” (Yuuto)

***

“Isn’t this go too overboard?” (Ichiko)

“The only good bug is a dead bug.” (Saki)

“Yeah. It’s the only way to make sure.” (Mizuki)

“She might need to reduce the power a bit. Don’t want to glass the
desert.”(Yuuto)

*watching a mushroom cloud in the distance*

***

“Say what! Some prick stole my territory?” (Fat Guy)

“There is a rumor that the one who did that is the Chemkla” (Skinny Guy)

“Rubbish! As if I let them do that. March the army!” (Fat Guy)

“But… It’s the Chemkla! Think ab-” (Skinny Guy)

“Are you deaf? March the Army!” (Fat Guy)

EXTRA UNNECESSARY
STUFF BELOW

Q&A Section
(since Yukkuri want to escape from the reality):

Q1. What is
Shunmi?

A1. Shunmi (シュンミ) or mille-wheat (粟麦or awamugi), is a native Neuewelt
cereal-like plant resembling Earth’s wheat (Triticum spp.), especially
Emmer wheat. However, the structure of their seed and panicles are more similar
to millet of Setaria genus. Hence, the English translation of Shunmi as mille-wheat.
Cold tolerant (not resistant) and drought tolerant, this hardy cereal plant is
the main staple of the people resided in the eastern part of the continent.
Perhaps their genus will be Trititaria shunmii?

Q2. Why Florea
didn’t take the clothes back or Maya and Sefi gave the clothes back to Yuuto?

A2. Florea often sees Yuuto
giving presents to people (more of this in the Bridge SideStories) so if Yuuto
gave something then it means he doesn’t need it back. While for Maya and Sefi,
it is not in proper Soiporan culture to return a gift before 3 days, since it
is considered as rude. Also if you return a gift, you must attach something of
equal value. It will be hard for mere village girls to have something of equal
value with a magic-silk dress.

Q3. Why is Neuschwanensee
Guild emblem pasted on almost everywhere?

A3. Well… Why not, after all
the NPCs and the players like to paste the emblem as a mark that: “this is
our”. For Yuuto and the girls, it is like a corporate logo.

Q4. Can you tell
me about Nasurom speech?

A4. Nasurom is a character
who would talk using “Sessha” and add -gozaru in his speech. If this is a
Japanese story he would speak in Samurai way of talking…

Q5. What is
Hirma?

A5. In case you forget (from
Chapter 2.3): Hirma (ヒルマ) or cud-horse (反芻馬) is an equinoid
animal similar to the modern horse in shape. But different from a modern horse,
it was somewhat smaller, more docile, ruminant, and have cloven hooves on their
hind legs while their forelegs were single hooves. Also, their feral ancestor
wasn’t from grassland biome but alpine forest biome. And no, even though they
have cloven hooves and ruminant, I doubt they are kosher.

Q6. Why Maya
surprised when Florea shook her hand?

A6. Shaking someone hands in
Soiporan culture means that the initiator was “Deeply Thankful” to another
person. Maya was surprised because she thought she didn’t do anything for
Florea to be “Deeply Thankful” to her,
or rather, it should be Maya who was “Deeply Thankful” to Florea. Also, rejecting
a handshake is considered really rude and should be reserved for someone you
really detest or hate. In general Midzu culture, handshake has diverse meaning
depending on the culture from “Accepting a Deal” in the Western Midzu to “Romantic
Affectionate Gesture” (similar to hugs between lovers) in Darashi Peninsula (so
imagine what a Darashian feel when he saw two male Shitian do handshake when
doing business.)

For Neuschwanensee NPC
residents, handshaking is more or less a normal gesture of meeting, greeting,
parting. But it doesn’t have any meaning for thanks/respect (they bowed
instead) or “in agreement” (they do a “bro grasp” instead).

Q7. What is
Prena, Marshyel and Pacrux?

A7. In case you forget (from
Chapter 2.3):

Neuwelt Terminology ⇛ RAHO Terminology ⇛ Description

PRENA ⇛ REMNA ⇛ Humans (generic normal one)

PACRUX ⇛ ALFAR ⇛ Human with two horns.

MARSHYEL ⇛ THERIA ⇛ Kemonomimi (beast ears and
tails)

Pacrux and Marshyel are
exonyms by the Prena, their endonym are Ruka and Shalma respectively in their
own language (with some variation depend on the language).

Q8. What had
Kiyomi done to the fields?

A8. She just ordered Lacme,
the Tranquil Forest Fairy, to use her Nature Magic power over plants to make
them grow again. After all, only the surface parts of the plant that get burned
and the lower roots are still ‘mostly alive’. That’s why grasses might still
sprout back even when they get burned.

Even so, not every
mille-wheat stalk was able to get ‘healed’, so the actual plant density and the
individual plant seed yield was rather lower than normal. In any case, it’s
better than being unable to harvest at all. By the way, the fields were
obviously becoming nutrient depleted because of this. The villagers need to
fertilize the field in large amount for the next year cycle planting.

The reason why Kiyomi healed
the plants was because she wanted to have a lunch picnic with the wonderful
golden-green mille-wheat in the background and not the unsightly charred
plants. At least, this is her official reason. She is a thorough dedicated
self-titled housewife after all.

A10. Chuuni means Middle
School Second Year. Saki is still in her second year of middle school, so she
is technically a real Chuuni. Rather than Saki, Stella was actually more
chuunier…

Q11. What happened to Tatiana
and Lacme?

A11. After they meet with
Kiyomi, they were playing in the field, while Tatiana freeze the burning
mille-wheat. After all, Fairies like to play. When Yuuto returned, Tatiana and
Lacme were ‘tired’ from playing, so Kiyomi dismissed them.

Q12. Why ‘Archduchy Union’?
Why don’t ‘Kingdom’? or ‘Republic’?

A12. Read Chapter 1 Part 8.
The Archduchy Union comes from the fact that Neuschwanensee is Oligarchy ‘ruled’
by 8 Dukes/Duchesses who have a joint rule, so it was essentially a Union of
Duchies. Archduchy comes from the fact that the leader of the Ducal Council is
an Archduke. And Archduchy sound greater than Grand Duchy and less sillier than
Ultimateduchy.

Q13. You know Heitersheim is
a real place in Baden-Württemberg, German right?

A13. All resemblance to real
location is coincidental, after all the alternative, Heiterenheim and Heiterensheim
are mouthful. Heitersheim glide better in my mouth than Heiternheim or Heitereheim.

Q14. Chie didn’t have any
lines at all in this chapter!

A14. What do you want from a
taciturn chracter, she spoke a lot when she needed though.

Q15. Why German language?

A15. I can chain long compound-word
in German. Also Neuschwanensee is based on German Medieval Town, so Yuuto just
follow the setting.

Q一。なんだそうな無意味な日本の脚注とは？

A一。あまりに多くの時間を持てたせいだ。

ところで、俺は実に日本語で書きことができないよ～てへ(๑≧౪≦)。

Qα. What with the useless long
Footnotes?

Aα. I have too much time and
bored…

[1]In
Japanese, the first will be written in Hiragana (みってへあるす), while the second is in Katakana (ミッテヘアルス).

[2] In the
first: Kiyomi uses “訳書者”, Maya corrects it as “通訳者”. Kiyomi
then uses “妃公”,Maya correct it as “女公”. Why “妃公”? Since Kiyomi is a “妃” after
all.

[4]In the first line, Kiyomi refers Yuuto
as “エルツヘルツォーク”
(Erzherzog) and she translate it as “最公”
(Saikou), in the second line Maya suggest to use “大公”
(Taikou, Archduke). Please note how最公rhyme with 最高.

[5]Sorry for the unclear sentence. In Japanese, this will be written as: 「其方は正しいかもしれません。このお方はエルツヘルツォークツム・ユニオン・デア・ノイシュバンエンゼーの最高指導者であります。えっと…其方の言語では、『ノイシュバンエンゼー大公連合領』と呼ばれるかもしれません。さらに、このお方が妾の旦那様であります。」The first
is the transliteration of the Loransian name, the second in Native Palisan
name. So just like the first Union is ユニオン, while
the second Union is 連合, the first “Union” is a foreign word while the second
“Union” is the native word. Also, I just like make pointless footnotes.

[6]マヤ氏. 氏(-shi) is a very generic and very polite
suffix used in formal writing and speech to refer to someone whom the speaker
or writer has never met but know about through writing and hearsay. So Yuuto wants to say, “Eh but I hardly knew ya, Miss
Maya”

[7]Chemkla means “nameless” but also means
“unknown” in the Old Palisan. Hence the pun.

Yukkuri-san, thank you for blessing us with your chapters, and i pray that the day comes that your work becomes known to great publishers, since for me, this story deserves it´s place among great works.Also, i wish to inform you that perhaps you could take some good ideas from this light novel : Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukokusaikenki

I am also a stalking horse of this particular story... stalks stalks... YAY its here! woot!

Thank you so much, I especially love how language barrier is approached, how talented Maya learned quickly yet not enough to be that effective in communicating, but learning more as she went, while Kiyomi was rather convenient but plausible, at least there was a process of leveling up through talking to people, and at first I was kinda annoyed at it, because Yuuto had tasked scholars to decipher the language, effort was made to learn and gather as much information from the surrounding area, the Scholar skill Kiyomi had, ignored all that, but that was ok because Kiyomi wont be able to be everywhere to translate so the efforts made to learn it au naturale would be beneficial to their future dealings with the people of this world

So many stories out there have a convenient universal translating ability or something else that makes the language barrier a background footnote, here there is effort to learn to decipher and understand, I really like that.

I read a manga called Kanata Kara which I highly recommend people read, the heroine in the story cant understand anything people say, it was only through her long association with the people in it that she learned.

Effort yields results, I like it!

Thank you! this stalking horse glomped onto this story as soon as I woke up! I have to mention, I really enjoy the footnotes, the clarity it brings to the story, it fleshes it out more and gives insight into whats happening, I really find it interesting! dont stop writing be encouraged that your work is enjoyable and fun to read! thanks again!

I love your footnotes!In all the stories on this site they add quite a lot of depth and charm imo

Btw first comment ever on this site though i've stalked it for a while.... thx for the translated stories and i love your original story. Keep up the good work!!

P.s‘Eh responsibility? What have I done to you? I mean, you are the one who stabbed me, Maya-shi[6]’As opposed to you stabbing her with... what hm? Yusis is a closet perv- i mean, healthy young man confirmed?

Yukkuri-san. You are Indonesian people right? I want to give you some donations so in exchange can you give us more Our New World? Right now i didn't have any Bank account so i just go and ask my brother. But right now i can afford up to 50-70K IDR. What about it? It's not bad deal right?PS. Please Indonesian Bank account if you have it.

Sorry if it sounds harsh but that's like only USD $5. I'm glad that you want to "help" by donating. Sadly, that amount cannot buy Yukkuri extra time. He needs to work and feed himself as well as translating around 5 light novels. This story is only written when he has the time. Maybe if you can try promoting the story to more people? Social medias like Facebook and Twitter might do the job. I've been reading this work for 6 times and I'm trying to fix the grammars and spelling mistakes while I'm on it. I will rush fixing after my exams which finish at the end of this month and send it to his email. This is my way of helping out. Hopefully this can help to attract more people.

Well 'misunderstanding' is the blood and sweat of this WN. The WN began from an idea of "It will be interesting if they misunderstand this"

Is the Sliver Brigade a bishonen squad?Nope. They are full with Biseinen and Dandy Ojiisan, since the Knights age were usually above 25 (avg years 29). The reason why they are handsome, because they are based on Game Character. if you see Asian MMORPG there are hardly any player affiliated NPC that isn't good looking right?

Are the villagers gawking at them from afar?Depend on their taste...

Are the gods real in this world?That is *spoiler*

What is the general village folks' opinion on a Marshyel or a Pacrux? If Prena is White American then:Mashyel = African/Black Pacrux = MuslimsI think this analogy can depict the tension between races.

What do the knights/Maids/people of Neuschwanensee think of current main characters generally? They are Heaven Lord.You can see what Florea think in an upcoming SS

Also about when Maya was feeling the 'divine' aura, was she just feeling the aura and don't have other words to describe it other than 'divine'?Let's just say Maya can feel that people in front of her is 'bigger' than her.

What effect do the aura have on locals(villagers)?See their response when Ichiko do her usual routine...

A few observations/suggestions/criticisms if I may...What drew me in this story in the first place is how it started with the perspective of an outsider describing Chemkla and its influence to its surroundings even during it's isolation period and foreshadowing of massive economical, societal, political, and military upheavals once the gates opened. This is the part I've been waiting for the most since the story started and I really wish you could go more in-depth to this aspect one day. I sincerely believe you could do it justice but looking at the previews kinda worries me a bit... particularly about Yuuto's invention and gifting spree. He's a smart guy and surrounded by a lot of competent people so someone should really rein him in or at least raise an awareness that it could cause Neuschwanensee itself to became a cultural and environmental hazard to Neuwelt one of these days. At the worst it could trigger hostilities on multiple fronts. While the Holy City is nigh unbreachable even without the Heaven Lords and with them they're unquestionably the most powerful force in the world, by expanding their borders and granting their protection to more and more people overextending their resource and power is a very serious possibility. Just food for thought, not even the Heaven Lords could be everywhere at once right? ... or could they?

Some other tidbits...-Love the deep background on RAHO game systems you wrote. I'm someone who could be said to follow this story quite attentively and even I sometimes forgot what is what lol. Perhaps you can gather the main info scattered in multiple chapters and its footnote into one page?Oh and while you're at it maybe you could make a character sheet of the 8 main characters with their build and skills? Just a rough overview would be cool. :P

I end up wondering about races after the local don't really show any noticeable reactions.Considering how Neuschwanensee is the knights are not just humans right? I assumed they are made up of all three races.

Well, you can't see the horns and the ears under the Great Helmet after all. (the tails is also covered under the mantle. Don't want the tail to get cut during sword combat)

This is rather spoilery but:Compared to the Westerners Prena, Easterners Prena such as Soiporans and Zekrians had relatively weaker discrimination against Marshyel (since Hasriku is just one desert away from Zekir and so sometimes appeared for trading, you can't really hate your trading partners) and Pacrux dominated region Yamaruka (northwest) near Barseba and Fohel were in the opposite direction from Zekir and Soipora (southeast) and even in the last invasion, most Zekir and Soipora was spared from full Pacrux onslaught, so the hate is just not there compared to Western nations who skirmished with Pacrux nations every now and then (you can't really hate someone you hardly ever meet).

However baring special occasions, all Marshyel and Pacrux found outside their land of Hasriku and Yamaruka, can be certainly be guessed correctly as slaves, especially the Marshyel.

This will be mentioned later, due to different culture from 'civilized' Midzu nations, the Grasssea, Darashi, Lenkusna and Barsyeba regions didn't have any active discrimination against any race. So not every Prena nations is 'racists'.

So while all Westerners might thought Marshyel as uncivilized savage who live like animals in the jungle, Easterners might thought them as: ignorant musclebrained doofus.While Westerners might thought Pacrux as genocidal Prena ultimate enemy, Easterners might though Pacrux as selfish xenophobic bastard.Meanwhile someone from Barsheba might question: what with the unreasonable hate guys?

Heh Mayana is ready to seduce Yusis if she needs to huh? I'm really starting to like or more accurately, sympathize with her... it's nice sometimes to see someone who has a clear understanding of his/her situation and have no qualms on how to improve it. (within a certain personally tolerable range admittedly)

Hope this is not the last we see of her :)...it's not like i'm looking forward to her triggering Kiyomi or for Stella to "respect" Yuuto even more or anything, okay? ^^;

Hullo~ thank you very much for the story, it is a good interesting story with politic and plot mix that's not heavy (like so much that my head spinning). I do love the way the point view of other people that's not part of Neuchwanense shown the effect of the Neuchwanense to world. I hope additional of Mayana will help to tell them the common sense of world out od Neuchwanense

No no no. Common sense is not fix. Everyone has their own way of common sense. So I think that Neuchwanense should just stay as it is instead of learning other people's common sense.

Just for your info, keeping their own common sense will be good for the story. I have seen light novels where the MCs are trying to learn common sense from others and it is boring. A few examples will be "The New Gate" and "The Man Picked Up by the God". Well, I'm liking the light novels that I have mentioned so far but it can seriously become boring as the MCs are trying to blend together with the side characters. Compare it to "No Game No Life" where the MCs didn't bother to use other people's common sense. You can see the different.

Eh. On the flipside when overpowered protagonists bulldozes his way through everything with sheer egoism and self-righteousness without the slightest attempt to come to a mutual understanding the story could so easily devolve into masturbatory wank.

I think Yukkuri's doing a fine job so far balancing between the importance of information and understanding the New World with Neuschwanensee asserting and expanding its own influence. Kudos really

If anything I'm leaning a bit more on the side that felt the protagonists being too carefree with their interactions with the New World lol...what with Yuuto's inventing-manufacturing-gifting spree, Ichiko's handing out resurrections like candy, Stella dropping nukes in the preview or Kiyomi summoning mythical creatures as gofers slash playmates.Yeah, just a bit xD

um..its not like they're bulldozing their way through..tho i wouldn't mind if they did,i mean they're the ones who got invaded for the past 600 years(2 yrs for NS tho). so if anything,they have every right to obliterate them for revenge,especially the perpetrators of invasion and their descendants. personally i want them to do that,then leave the remaining people on their own later w/o taking over their administration just for the chaos and a lil despair.(yes i'm a petty creature)ofc kemomimi slaves will be spared and be loved instead.well..though i say this,NS being NS i doubt they would do that,unless its necessary (fu..fufu).

i'm quite worried about yuuto though,someone has to tell him how valuable those dresses/potions etc. are for the people of neuwelt..and it would be bad (i dunno how,i just feel that it would be bad) if he keeps on giving those left and right FOR FREE. Ichiko,Stella,Kiyomi are enough for common sense breaker

Oh yeah quick question about when Kiyomi's introducing everyone in her interpreter scene...

Is it considered normal for Kiyomi to go straight to nickname basis with people she just met or is it because it's just their ign that she has no particular attachment to it? Since afaik it takes a lot relatively speaking for japanese people to allow others to adress them in first/nickname basis.... and speaking of the current protags are already quite odd themselves with everyone on first name basis with each ither despite only meeting each ither for the first time...

And how does the surroundings react to Mayana immediately taking up her offer? The impression is not unlike a diplomat addressing Queen Elizabeth as Eli or Betty to me... and in a formal setting no less lolIf I remembered correctly even the guardian maids who's closest to them rarely if ever uses the shortened form of their ign right? Only one that comes to mind is Stella's maid

Well... as far as the player concerned their nickname is their name... all that "von X zu N" is just for fun.They are actually not 'meeting' each other for the first time, they are old guild mates after all:Yuuto-Stella-Ichiko is common Instance Raiding team mates in the old times.Yuuto-Chie is common partner in crime when field-farming, Yuuto-Kiyomi is common partner for instance-farming, since Yuuto also power leveling Kiyomi.Ichiko-the Twins are also common party mates, but they also know Yuuto. After all, Yuuto is Vice-Guild LeaderSaki is newbie player which is under teacher-student relationship with Chie.All the eight had met each others for several times already.Also, it was the twins who began the trend by calling themselves nickname (Tsuu-chan, Mii-chan).

The reason why Maya take Kiyomi offer is because she isn't sure whether this is Neuschwanensee custom or not, whether rejecting it will be impolite or not. After all unknown culture begets unknown rule.

Also the reason why Kiyomi using nicknames when doing the introduction:Their name were rather long and of different form from the local name. She just shortening the name for the ease of Mayana. After all, calling Duchess this Duchess that is still weird for them (none of the players are nobles).In Japanese, they will be addressed as: Mel-sama.

Still don't quite get it with them using first real name basis but I'll chalk it up to the extraordinary circumstances they're in right now.

As for Mayana.. well just imagining Florea's ghastly face when she saw her getting all too chummy with the Heaven Lords or Maya's own reaction when she realizes just how truly literally godlike the beings she's on nickname basis are already amuses me. So yeah, I like where this is going! Can't wait for the next chapter :)

I looked forward to see how the Holy land's citizen react to that nick-name issue. I hope that Maya would refuse calling them like that when she learned Neuchswanensee common sense. As much as she wants to get close to the players, she shouldn't ignore those obvious rules... but then she might make use of... nevermind! This is just my ramblings. *ahem* (safe...*sigh* no author want others to guess their story (right) afterall)And some trivias question, please~- Can the players equip things other than weapon, clothings or armors? You know...like the accessories function in game, magic tattoos, tribal body paint... make up?- What is the realistic reason for the all-knights-handsomeness? Btw, I look forward to the residents reaction when they figured out their objects of romance, the Silver Knight Brigade, were actually composed of their hated demon and beast race. Oh and also because all of them are handsome just like in fairy tale... cause you know, beauty is all about the symmetrization on the face and figure. Even if some isn't suit your taste, good-looking is good looking.- And did the knights in the first to six war died forever? Or are all of them revived because they got blessed and they're in a separate system just like the guardian?

The girls are turning annoying. You already established their personality. You already show how 'relaxed' they are with them playing young noble girl games. You can now just skip these parts, just briefly mention them if you belive it is important. (Which it is important for showing how relaxed they are, but we just have to know they are really relaxed, not how they play right?) By describing these scenes, you are repeatingly tell us that they, despite were 'commoners' just a while ago, are no playing around like a spoiled noble girls in military camp.

Kiyomi's ability is being helpful, but her personality is bland borderline yandere devoted wife character with nothing but 'this is the waifu'. She is playing wife, she is being nothing but Yusis wife that's all.

I cannot see her as 'Kiyomi'. I can only see her as that Yusis yan wife girl.

To fix this, I believe you should show some of her feeling, her problems, or has her actively do something for Neuschwanensee and get a bit away from Yusis. Give her a life other than Yusis.

Like right now, you can have her actively work as an ambassador instead of just being an interpreter for this one time.

And better if you have her volunteer for the position, showing that she is not just a girl blinded by her love of Yusis, but also understand what is important and what are her worth and roles.

Chie, well she is decent, need more 'screen time' to judge her though.

Chie is established as an elite warrior with quiet personality. It is enough for her to just keep up with her training and be prepared for combat, that is her role.

Better if she could find her own purpose on what she should do other than just training though. Like training the knights or improving the sword art or something.

As for Saki, she should just focused on training right now, which she kind of did. She fool around a bit too much, but that's fine. That's just her personality. She should realize the responsibility of her role soon though. She cannot just play around, she is a demigod duchess.

What are their role? They are not combatants, nor supports. They are not trying to refine their combat skill, their 'help' in the office is only minimal. It's like they were just placed their because they cannot do anything else.

In they first arc, the twins serve a purpose to show the insecurity of being teleported to the new world. But now, what do they do other than acting as supposedly cute spoiled little sisters?

No one should expected them to be able to do much, but they should be aware of that fact, and they should try to learn to do more. Or at least, others should try to help them do more.

Anyway, I love to write the girls (especially Saki and Stella) weird lines. So that superfluous part is indeed superfluous. Just think of it as commercial break. After all this story actually began as CGDCT genre...

Now about the character. Thank you for your criticism and suggestion. You're observation is quite point on the character quirks. It's quite frightening how you are guessing the plot... though... (although some of the planned chapters deviate from what you had written)I think you have talent for writing... or observation...

At the end:Thank you for reading and writing your impression of them. As an author I am happy someone noticed the character in the direction of the impression that I want the character have on the reader.

Superfluous part is fine, I like reading them. However, it just that that was a bad timing. We were reading about Mayana and the villagers discussed and decided to meet and negotiate with Yusis. The tone were serious. And we were anticipating what will happend next.

Then we were greeted with a scene of girls playing kya~ kya~. It totally broke the mood. It was serious just a few lines above.

It's like a commercial break at a cliffhanger. But unlike comercial break which forced you to wait in anticipation and is not a part of the show, this is a part of the story I wish I could skip it and get to the meeting. But I can't. I can't because I fear I might miss something.

Then I found out that there is nothing to miss. Everything I learn from the scene, their personality and quirks are already known. The scene does convey the contrast in the mood between the two sides, but that's nothing that cannot be tell with a couple of sentences.

Even if it does break the mood, I would appreciate it if it tells us something new or something important. Maybe breaking the mood was the point.

But this break doesn't build up my anticipation, doesn't tell me anything new. It just break the flow of the story.

There are many stories which suddenly switch scene at a cliffhanger to another unrelated scene or a scene happening in parallel and sucessfully build up my interest. I would groan and curse of the cliffhanger but hey, this another scene is also interesting and/or meaningful then they would switch around and around and I would end up hooked, wanting to read both.

I feel like I'm coming out too damn harsh. I really do enjoy this work. I check your site everyday to check if this is updated. (Also because it doesn't show on novelupdate). But I also criticize it because I just fucking love it.

PS: I love Stella. She is my favorite. I love to see her slip out to have serious talk with Yusis then go back to play with the younger girls like: "Hey girls, there is nothing to worry about. Big sis is here. Let's play." while also knows, thinking and worrying about the situation herself.

Yukkuri Onii-san, your novel is the most waited for text along with Realist out of all your works so keep up the good work!

I wish to ask you if the fact that Yusis and the harem are considered demi-gods will come into play, and how come no one let this fact slip to the natives considering one of them at least already committed blasphemy(stabbing) or failed to give proper reverence(woman and children free attitude)?Is you mentioning Yusis in future as Yusis the Great implies he will be viewed as a human conquerer and not a god?

P.S. While I can not find any Archduchy Union, A Grand Duchy of Lithuania did exist in Europe and in fact was one of the biggest nations of the time.

I wish to ask you if the fact that Yusis and the harem are considered demi-gods will come into play, and how come no one let this fact slip to the natives considering one of them at least already committed blasphemy(stabbing) or failed to give proper reverence(woman and children free attitude)?

See one planned chapter that have really weird title? It's the "reveal" chapter :P

Thanks for the reply, thought the title [The Difference between "God" and "Human"] meant it was a sarcastic one from Yusis POV. Should you get yourself a proper editor you could release it as a complete book online.